Big Wood Brewery hopes to set up a taproom in White Bear Lake (zoning code update required), Northgate Brewing is opening early this fall in Northeast and will make English session beers, DeRusha digs Cafe Levain and praises the short rib burger, a construction boom in Lowertown could bring some new restaurants and bars, Madison will soon be home to a local grenadine by Quince and Apple and a Death’s Door Spirits distillery, and why you should grill clams, cheese, and other crazy stuff.
The always-useful month in review (openings / closings / coming soon) from Rachel, delicious (and humbly gourmet!) Wisconsin cabin gourmet-style eats from Teddy, Dark Horse beer dude / folk singer Scotty Karate is playing Grumpy’s NE on Friday, a gorgeous pancetta carbonara photo in our Flickr stream from Matt Khoury (also the intimidatingly named Master Sandwich), Reetsyburger visits W.A. Frost, and Troy reblogs a brilliant quote about perception (or food criticism, if you want to be literal) from noted writer and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
